Between 2008-09, Alabama reported $750,045 in football recruiting expenses, meaning the sport spent 49 percent of the athletics department's recruiting dollars. Last year, Alabama spent $27,779 on recruiting expenses per football signee.
A very well done article in The Birmingham News today looking into the costs associated with recruiting athletes at Alabama, Auburn and UAB.
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Guess that means we spent a lot of money on kid's who didn't even come to Alabama
Owning a painting bussiness I’ve given a heck of a lot of bids who went to the lowest bidder and not the best painter. Bussiness is bussiness. You win some and you lose some.
Just thinkin of the Keenan Allen situation although he still may come to Bama.
"Defense"
did everyone see Todd or Nico flaming away for the Blazers in the comments...
I knew it was coming, but I wasn't thinking about it. So the intensity of the dump was the problem. - Nick Saban
by TheRedTideConsumes on Jan 31, 2010 3:10 PM CST reply actions
UAB Blazerz!!!11
Southside Bham FTW!!!
by alakan81 on Jan 31, 2010 3:52 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
lol
You play fast, you play strong, you go out there and dominate the guy you play against, and make his ass quit! That's our trademark, that's our MO as a team, aight, that's what people know us as! - Nick Saban, 2008
by BamaReturns07 on Jan 31, 2010 4:16 PM CST up reply actions
I would argue...
that if you’re shilling for the Blaze, you’ve already seen the sticky, dank, involuted bowels of hell…so, tell us how it is?
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jan 31, 2010 4:25 PM CST up reply actions
Hey Todd
I’m havin to refresh to get new posts and Lil Sis was havin the same problem Sat. Is there anything we can do to improve the situation?
"Defense"
i think mine was a personal issue
after a reboot it was all good
"You have to create 6 seconds of hell each play..."
Coach Nick Saban
If anything
Bama needs to spend more on football recruiting. We need to become even more “national” in our recruiting like Notre Dame and USC. We want the best of the best at Bama. They may live in Mobile or they may live in New York. Wherever they are we need to get them. The further they are the more it cost for them to visit, for us to visit, etc.
Hey, we may even consider going international like a rugby kicker from New Zealand or a speedster from Jamaica. This is why we have expanded the stadium. To fill more seats, to recruit better athletes, to win championships.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
Need to be careful just how national we get
I’m convinced that a bunch of 4*s who grew up loving Alabama could potentially have more success than a bunch of 5*s playing for the NFL. I’m also convinced that if we let too many good 3 and 4*s wind up on the other side of the state because we’re “recruiting national”, they’d beat us more times than they should just based on talent level.
Now I’m not saying that we shouldn’t recruit nationally, just saying I think our maximum potential will be reached by having a good balance of the most talented in-state players with the best of the best nationally. Every year will be different depending on the amount of in-state talent, but I think we’re hitting pretty close to the sweet spot now and would be against having a much higher percentage of recruits from out of our area.
I'd agree
about Auburn except for one thing- Saban. Saban can reach into a kid and get him to play like he was born and raised Bama. If we get 6- 5 stars a year, and 12- 4 stars a year we will be unbeatable by Auburn or anyone else.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
Shit. Who gets 6 5*s a year?
No one…Not even TX, UF, Da U, USC or, well, us.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Feb 3, 2010 6:13 PM CST up reply actions
Recruiting
Saw the story on sixty minutes about American Samoa a couple of weeks ago, about all the players in the NFL. They really had almost no equipment, really old, no weight rooms, lockerooms, or fields with grass. Maybe we need to send them some of our used equipment, and NC gear and start recruiting some of them, they are usually great defensive players, which Nick would love. Hell build them a field with real grass and bleachers, lockeroom weight room. Maybe open a direct pipeline To T’Town, throw in a statue of their favorite coach. Could this be wrong?
MMMMM SAMOANS. D-line recruiting needs are forever filled.
by Bama philosophe on Jan 31, 2010 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
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